What's In Your Bag Of Dirty Tricks?

[Ted64]

Some of the more interesting dirty tricks I’ve learned over the years has to do with a simple piece of rope.

In the Francois d’Eliscu tradition, the rope is a highly effective weapon; inconspicuous (mine is a 20" snake knot key fob I created with two lengths of 550 paracord); lightweight; 100% legal anywhere; easy to carry and/or conceal, .

I’ve often wonderd why police officers don’t utilize a piece of rope in their work. It’s easy to see all the trouble they have keeping a suspect down and getting him into handcuffs. Why not use a piece of rope and hog-tie him, leverage and manipulate his limbs and joints, whip knot his wrists and ankles together, etc.? Then, once he’s snug and secure, get him into the cuffs and stuffed.

America’s W.E. Fairbairn: How Francois d’Eliscu Taught US Rangers “To Kill or Be Killed”

Anyway, one of my fav dirty tricks is just a dirty ol’ chunk of rope.

And, man, lemme tell ya - it works!

[David38]

Like I’m going to blat that out in public.

[William191]

The garrote was the weapon of choice for the Thuggies in India for centuries. They could kill you and have you in the ground in minutes if they didn’t have to take you very far.

[Ted64]

Sure. They were adept assassins. Since most Indians sat on the ground, the Thugs snuck up from behind their mark and simultaneously threw the garrote around the front of the neck and pressed their knee into the back of the neck, crushing the throat and the life out of him.

But thats offensive tactics.

In self-defense, my long rope with keyring and keys can be used as a flail. After that, a leverage tool, a zip-tie, a handle.

I mean, cowboys do all that to handle cows. Why not use it to handle people?

[Frank261]

My mind! One mind! Any weapon!

[Frank261]

The garrote was also a favorite of the KGB, and its sister clones in the Eastern Block countries of the Warsaw Pact that they trained.

One such agency devised a variant of the garrote using a razor sharp band that was ratcheted, once applied they could go hands free, and walk away and the victim could not release it.

Death was due to a combination of asphyxiation and massive blood loss as the band cut deeply into the neck severing the corroded arteries, and the esophagus as well.

It was as efficient as it was wicked in design.

[Michael1888]

   One has to remember, there is no such thing as a fair fight.

[Trever1]

Better to use a limb saw with a ring at either end…Doesn’t just strangle…will cut the throat,arteries and anything else…lmao

[Frank261]

An alternative to key rings that cut into your fingers when pulling the Para 550 cord(s) tight is truck size lug nuts, or hexagon bolt nuts from any hardware store, or department like a Home Depot.

A pair, one for each end of doubled up para cord:

About, or at least an outside diameter of approximately one, and a half inches each, inside thread diameter of about one-inch, and width of about three quarters of an inch.

It’s easier to handle than key rings.

With the cord between your index, and middle fingers, you can close your whole fist around each nut, one in each hand to tighten up both ends of the para cord.

Or, swing one independently, holding the other one.

Either nut can be swung on one end of the cord to strike your opponent:

Cracking a jaw, up side his head, in his ribs, on a shin, anywhere you want to break a bone.

Also, as an emergency extraction tool to break auto glass; not just side windows but, also windshields.

What it won’t shatter outright, it will make a hole like a 12 Gauge rifled deer slug would.

Very effective on both.

Say a knife welder: Strike the knife hand, arm, or collarbone, breaking any.

If you break a collarbone, it’s arm becomes useless, as your opponent will actuate excruciating pain attempting any movement, and that arm will be lacking mechanical lift, or support to have any strength to do anything.

Whip it at his eyes, face, his package nuts, whatever you can strike, and hit will effect, extreme pain, and damage.

And, you won’t be punishing your knuckles, or breaking your hands with “boxer’s fractures” of the bones in the back of your hands, or wrists if not trained, and disciplined to throw ergonomic punches that don’t cause you to injure yourself.

Elbows, and knees, and proper foot strikes work well also.

Target your opponent’s knees at any angle of attack inside, outside, to the top, center, bottom.

If you derange, or damage a knee, weight bearing is lost, your opponent cannot attack you with that leg, or support himself to use his other leg, or rush at, or away from you.

Objectives: Degrade your opponent’s limbs from being useful against you, or defending himself.

Cause excruciating pain to dissuade his will to persist at you.

That type of thing.

[Frank261]

[Frank261]

It matters not what you use for a weapon. Anything that is manufactured as a weapon, tool or ordinary object used as a weapon that may not be considered a weapon until used as such May result in you being charged for employing it as such.

The law is sometimes intentionally vague about not listing every thing knowing that the defense may say it’s not listed.

But, your manor of use of anything that causes harm may be cited as such.

And, if the attack is considered criminal in nature, criminal use of a “deadly weapon” regardless of what you used.

[Trever1]

Keep one of these in my gear at all times.

[BRUCE26]

And two 3" pieces of wood.

The Garrote in the USMC

I served five years as a Marine infantryman and never knew the USMC had garrotes in the armory. It’s not something commonly taught between grenades and machine guns. A friend of mine went careerist in the Marine Corps and served as a MCMAP Instructor. He became one of the higher-level black belts. He casually mentioned the fact that as part of improvised weapon training, they learned how to make and use garrotes.

Using The Garrote - The USMC Way - GAT Daily (Guns Ammo Tactical)

[Ted64]

Sweet toy. But carrying that thing around will end up in a jail sentence. Count on it.

My key ring is there anyway. The 20" cord is just a fob. Indestructible 550 paracord tied into a pretty American Snake Knot, the ends bound with my Six-Over-Nine-Under Knot. No plastic clips or fasteners. Just rope. Always there, always ready. Nothing to hide nor conceal.

[deranged]

Yeah. Like I’m gonna tell you!

[Will_B]

Too many to count.

I grew in a middle class family,…. Like really grew up in lower middle class unlike cameltoe.

Most of my martial arts training was focused on defense, (I was a skinny little bastard) and as such I learned many, many, ways to undercut an attacker.

Once I started training with weapons in my teens, my favorite maneuvers were disarm drills.

There’s nothing like the look on an attackers face when suddenly you have their weapon and their hand isn’t responding to their brain!!!

Pressure points are a fun dirty trick to use too, if you have the knowledge and opportunity to strike them.

A solid strike to the very bottom of your opponent’s sternum can paralyze their diaphragm,… it may take a few seconds to kick in, but they can’t fight if they can’t breathe!

Eyes

Joints

Anything can be a weapon (thank you Jackie Chan!)

[Karacal]

[Frank261]

You might also say to your assault:

”NUTS TO YOU!”

[William191]

@Frank261

collarbone, breaking any

IIRC it only takes ten pounds of force/pressure to break a collarbone.

[Ted64]

Absolutely! The collarbone is easy to break and surprisingly debilitating. Try making any sudden moves with a broken collar bone! You’ll regret it. I ought to know. I’ve broke both of mine. The first one, the left, in a fight at age 9. The second, the right, in a motorcycle accident at age nineteen.

Break his collarbone and he can’t fight you anymore. Take that to the bank. Holy moly does that hurt and shut a guy down!

Slam down on his collarbone with your ulna. It will snap like a twig.

Other great, easy, debilitating targets on human anatomy: eyes, throat, groin are #1. Solar Plexus, front and back; bladder; kidneys; liver; ears are easily torn off, but not always a debilitating injury; nerve sheaths on both sides of the neck; snapping the head backwards quickly and forcefully usually ends up in a knockout; grabbing the wrist and dropping him is easy enough, especially when he’s unaware.